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Come hear VMI Faculty Read at “Read Local BC”

October 30, 2016

Evelyn Lau

Betsy Warland

Read Local BC is a series of dynamic events organized by the BC Association of Book Publishers to promote local authors, book sellers, libraries and publishers throughout the province. If you live in Vancouver, you won’t want to miss two fantastic events featuring VMI faculty and alumni.

On Wednesday, November 2, join VMI director and creative non-fiction mentor Betsy Warland, who’ll be reading from her latest book, Oscar of Between: A Memoir of Identity and Ideas. Since its publication last spring, Oscar has received outstanding reviews.

Melanie Brannagan Frederiksen wrote in the Winnipeg Freepress: “Warland’s Oscar of Between is an astonishing book by a truly luminous writer. Intellectually and emotionally brave, there isn’t a word that doesn’t ring deeply, deeply true.”

So don’t miss out! Join Betsy at the Book Warehouse on Main Street on Wednesday, November 2nd. Maureen Palmer and Michael Pond will also be there with their book, Wasted: An Alcoholic Therapist’s Fight For Recovery in a Flawed Treatment System.